How Russians view Poles

[mishuk]

www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/8687
It is interesting percentage. I thought it was much worse.
;-)

[zwierz.alpuhary]

Gazeta Wyborcza also wrote about it
wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,53600,2890215.html
on one hand it is positive. On the other hand it seems that Russians don't know
anything about the contemporary, today's Poland. When asked about the famous
Poles and things they know about Poland, they mention names of Polish actors,
movies and companies from the 1960-70 years.
I'd like to know what the hell are they doing in the cultural section of Polish
embassy in Moscow, having holidays?

[mishuk]

Sorry to disapoint you but Moscow is not Russia ;)
Personally it's shame on me to know only Anjey Waida, Bogdan Stupka and
Stanislaw Lem, Genrikh Senkewich.(Sorry for spelling.)
Is there anybody else in your country?
:-p

[zwierz.alpuhary]

there is a few completetly new generations of artists, politicians and
intellectuals in Poland like Dorota Maslowska, Jerzy Pilch and Wojciech Kuczok
(writers), Krzysztof Krauze or Wojtek Smarzowski(film directors), a lot of new
actors.Believe me - when I see, who is associated with Poland in Russian minds,
I realise that the Russians don't know anything about this, what is going on in
Poland nowadays. These people mentioned by you are already a history, they are
"retired" celebrities, they were famous 30 years ago, when they were having
tournee's in USSR.
PS: Henryk (in Russian it can be Genrik:) Sienkiewicz is of course a legend, but
he died about 100 years ago, I hope you know it?;)

[mishuk]

True, I don't know anyhing about modern Polish intellectual elite.
What would you propose me to start with?
What books / movies do Poles like?

P.S.
Yeah, it's pity that Henryk Sienkiewicz is dead by now. He wrote such cool
things.
;)

[zwierz.alpuhary]

gee
that's a difficult task, I wolud have to think a few minutes. First of all I
recommend you the film "Wesele" ("Wedding") by Wojtek Smarzowski, which was one
of the most popular and awarded films in Poland; maybe also "Warszawa"
("Warsaw") by Dariusz Gajewski, also a very good and awarded movie, both films
show much about Polish reality, about life in Poland
Writers - Kuczok and Maslowska, one of the most popular writers od new
generation, are coming soon to Moscow. I don't read much polish books, rather
Central European
I can recommend you i.e novels by Jerzy Pilch. Andrzej Stasiuk is great. Maybe
Wiesław Myśliwski, maybe Libera, who else... There were dozens of new writers in
Poland since the times that are remembered by the Russians, this gap is very
wide. On the other hand Russian writers and russian culture is now simply adored
and loved in Poland, Poles are reading a lot of Russian writers, Akunin,
Pielevin, Solzehenitsyn and many others.

[kontrkultura]

Same is knowledge of overage Poles about Russian culture, however its quite
popular there... :)

[panzerviii]

By the way Bogdan Stupka is Ukrainian actor however he played in a few polish
films. "ogniem i miaczom" (the Bohdan Chmielnicki role) and "Stara Basn gdy
Slonce było bogiem".

What will You tell about Masza Malinowska and Żanna Friszke. Mayby some links
Ok I am kiding I know that that girls are not to here but to only to watch
them. I am asking because some Russain Television organaise currently in some
castle in Lower Silesia (Southern West Poland) the show just in Big Brother
type. I have forgotten the title of show but the major heroes shall
be ............ Zirinovski (that Zirinovski) and the two mentioned about
girls. :)))))) So if You don't know where the lider of Rusian nationalist
spends its holidays I may answer You: In Poland. :))))

By the way When I ask any Russian about Zirinovski I hear the same
answer : "don't bother him Eto Durak".

[kontrkultura]

So it`s quite positive to think that we all stay normal people however
diplomacy war between both countries.